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Rule Dramatic Seascapes

Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Lagoa, Algarve, Portugal

Lagoa, Faro, Portugal

Lagoa is a base for the central Algarve's limestone arches, sea caves, stacks, and scalloped beaches around Benagil and Praia da Marinha.

Currently

Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

24%

Wave Height1.2m

Swell Height0.8m

Wind Speed3.9m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts7.1m/s

Cloud Cover100%

Visibility24134 (Clear)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Lisbon

Next opportunity

Moderate Seascape

Lagoa

Wed, Sep 9 · 09:00–10:00 · 1h window

Medium confidence

42%

🌊Coastal Drama Score48.8%

Wave Height: 1.8m

Swell Height: 1.2m

Wind Speed: 4.0m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts: 7.3m/s

Moderate Seascape

Lagoa

Thu, Sep 10 · 01:00–02:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:50.3%

Medium

Moderate Seascape

Lagoa

Thu, Sep 10 · 03:00–04:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:54.3%

Medium

Moderate Seascape

Lagoa

Thu, Sep 10 · 08:00–10:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:49.3-53.4%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Lagoa

Thu, Sep 10 · 13:00–14:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:47.2%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Lagoa

Thu, Sep 10 · 17:00–19:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:46%

Low

Moderate Seascape at Sunset

Lagoa

Thu, Sep 10 · 19:00–21:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:46%

Low

+13 more windows in the next 14 days

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Dramatic Seascapes conditions across Algarve, Portugal. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Lagoa.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Lagoa during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days

recorded matching windows · 50% average confidence

Last 90 days

recorded matching windows · 51% average confidence

Last 365 days

recorded matching windows · 60% average confidence

Most frequent recorded start hour

07:00 local time, shared by 13 of 57 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

February, with 20 of 57 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.

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95-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 95-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour

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AND logic: all conditions required

Meets requirement

Misses requirement

Time Europe/Lisbon	Coastal Drama Score ≥ 45.0%
Sun, Sep 6
22:00	18%
23:00	18%
Mon, Sep 7
24:00	13%
01:00	14%
02:00	18%
03:00	18%
04:00	23%
05:00	23%
06:00	23%
07:00	24%
08:00	33%
09:00	25%
10:00	26%
11:00	30%
12:00	27%
13:00	25%
14:00	20%
15:00	20%
16:00	19%
17:00	21%
18:00	24%
19:00	33%
20:00	25%
21:00	25%
22:00	25%
23:00	24%
Tue, Sep 8
24:00	23%
01:00	26%
02:00	32%
03:00	30%
04:00	30%
05:00	23%
06:00	33%
07:00	33%
08:00	35%
09:00	33%
10:00	35%
11:00	35%
12:00	31%
13:00	28%
14:00	28%
15:00	28%
16:00	30%
17:00	30%
18:00	32%
19:00	39%
20:00	31%
21:00	31%
22:00	32%
23:00	31%
Wed, Sep 9
24:00	42%
01:00	22%
02:00	20%
03:00	24%
04:00	24%
05:00	24%
06:00	32%
07:00	42%
08:00	41%
09:00	49%
10:00	38%
11:00	38%
12:00	40%
13:00	41%
14:00	36%
15:00	32%
16:00	35%
17:00	35%
18:00	35%
19:00	31%
20:00	35%
21:00	39%
22:00	35%
23:00	35%
Thu, Sep 10
24:00	35%
01:00	50%
02:00	44%
03:00	54%
04:00	35%
05:00	35%
06:00	35%
07:00	42%
08:00	53%
09:00	49%
10:00	42%
11:00	38%
12:00	40%
13:00	47%
14:00	45%
15:00	45%
16:00	45%
17:00	46%
18:00	46%
19:00	46%
20:00	46%

How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Coastal Drama Score mean?

Inputs that drive the score

This derived score summarizes multiple raw weather signals. The table below shows the supporting inputs hour by hour, so you can see what's pushing the score up or down.

Time Europe/Lisbon	High Clouds %	Low Clouds %	Mid-Level Clouds %	Primary Swell Height m	Primary Wave Direction °	Significant Wave Height m	Total Cloud Coverage %	Wind Direction °	Wind Gusts m/s	Wind Speed m/s	Wind Wave Height m	Wind Wave Period s
Mon, Sep 7 Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 19:53
23:00 ☾	100%	0%	14%	0.8m	174°	1.2m	100%	348°	7.1m/s	3.9m/s	0.63m	12s
Tue, Sep 8 Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 19:53
24:00 ☾	96%	0%	24%	0.78m	173°	1.3m	96%	354°	6.5m/s	3.8m/s	0.68m	12s
01:00 ☾	86%	0%	32%	0.77m	171°	1.3m	86%	358°	5.9m/s	3.5m/s	0.73m	12s
02:00 ☾	32%	0%	23%	0.76m	171°	1.3m	32%	356°	4.7m/s	3.1m/s	0.81m	12s
03:00 ☾	69%	0%	40%	0.75m	170°	1.4m	69%	359°	5.4m/s	3.4m/s	0.89m	11s
04:00 ☾	16%	0%	62%	0.74m	169°	1.4m	62%	359°	5.6m/s	3.4m/s	0.97m	11s
05:00 ☾	1%	0%	5%	0.71m	166°	1.5m	5%	357°	5m/s	3.2m/s	1m	11s
06:00 ☾	0%	0%	2%	0.69m	162°	1.5m	2%	0°	4.4m/s	3m/s	1.1m	11s
07:00 ☾	9%	0%	0%	0.66m	158°	1.5m	9%	360°	4.1m/s	3m/s	1.2m	11s
08:00	1%	0%	0%	0.66m	158°	1.6m	1%	2°	5.5m/s	3m/s	1.3m	11s
09:00	0%	0%	0%	0.66m	157°	1.6m	0%	359°	5.4m/s	3.4m/s	1.3m	11s
10:00	0%	0%	0%	0.66m	157°	1.7m	0%	356°	5.9m/s	3.9m/s	1.4m	11s
11:00	0%	0%	0%	0.63m	179°	1.8m	0%	348°	5.4m/s	3.6m/s	1.5m	8.9s
12:00	0%	0%	0%	0.61m	201°	1.8m	0%	339°	4.7m/s	3.4m/s	1.6m	7.3s
13:00	0%	0%	0%	0.58m	224°	1.9m	0%	333°	4.5m/s	3.7m/s	1.7m	5.7s
14:00	2%	0%	0%	0.6m	224°	1.9m	2%	323°	5.1m/s	4.8m/s	1.7m	5.8s
15:00	5%	0%	0%	0.62m	223°	1.9m	5%	322°	6.3m/s	6.2m/s	1.8m	5.9s
16:00	13%	0%	0%	0.64m	223°	1.9m	13%	326°	7.3m/s	6.1m/s	1.8m	6s
17:00	98%	0%	0%	0.61m	222°	1.9m	98%	329°	7.7m/s	5.5m/s	1.8m	6s
18:00	80%	0%	0%	0.58m	221°	1.9m	80%	336°	8.6m/s	5.4m/s	1.8m	6s
19:00	24%	0%	0%	0.55m	220°	1.8m	24%	335°	8.9m/s	4.3m/s	1.7m	5.9s
20:00 ☾	99%	0%	0%	0.53m	220°	1.8m	99%	330°	11m/s	4.3m/s	1.7m	5.9s
21:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.5m	219°	1.7m	100%	335°	12m/s	3.9m/s	1.6m	5.8s
22:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.48m	219°	1.6m	100%	339°	11m/s	4m/s	1.6m	5.7s
23:00 ☾	6%	2%	0%	0.45m	218°	1.6m	6%	339°	8.1m/s	3.5m/s	1.5m	5.6s
Wed, Sep 9 Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 19:52
24:00 ☾	31%	4%	0%	0.42m	218°	1.5m	31%	341°	7.7m/s	3.3m/s	1.4m	5.5s
01:00 ☾	84%	6%	0%	0.39m	217°	1.5m	84%	341°	7.6m/s	3.3m/s	1.4m	5.4s
02:00 ☾	96%	9%	56%	0.38m	216°	1.4m	96%	341°	7.5m/s	3.1m/s	1.4m	5.4s
03:00 ☾	63%	12%	91%	0.36m	215°	1.4m	91%	338°	6.7m/s	3m/s	1.3m	5.4s
04:00 ☾	5%	28%	5%	0.35m	213°	1.4m	29%	341°	7.6m/s	3m/s	1.3m	5.4s
05:00 ☾	90%	46%	5%	0.49m	205°	1.5m	90%	337°	8.6m/s	2.8m/s	1.3m	6.6s
06:00 ☾	61%	68%	5%	0.63m	197°	1.5m	99%	338°	8.9m/s	3.4m/s	1.3m	7.9s
07:00 ☾	16%	69%	5%	0.77m	189°	1.6m	69%	336°	7.7m/s	3.2m/s	1.3m	9.1s
08:00	0%	67%	2%	0.99m	190°	1.7m	67%	338°	8.2m/s	3.5m/s	1.3m	9s
09:00	0%	31%	0%	1.2m	191°	1.8m	31%	340°	7.3m/s	4m/s	1.2m	8.9s
10:00	0%	1%	0%	1.4m	192°	2m	1%	339°	6.9m/s	3.9m/s	1.1m	8.8s
11:00	0%	0%	0%	1.6m	194°	2m	0%	330°	6m/s	3.7m/s	0.92m	8.6s
12:00	0%	0%	0%	1.8m	195°	2m	0%	329°	6.5m/s	5m/s	0.76m	8.5s
13:00	0%	0%	0%	1.9m	196°	2m	0%	323°	6.4m/s	5.5m/s	0.61m	8.4s
14:00	0%	0%	0%	1.9m	198°	2m	0%	318°	6.4m/s	6.1m/s	0.78m	8.3s
15:00	0%	0%	0%	1.8m	199°	1.9m	0%	316°	6.3m/s	6.1m/s	0.96m	8.2s
16:00	0%	0%	0%	1.8m	201°	1.9m	0%	314°	6.6m/s	6.1m/s	1.1m	8.1s
17:00	1%	0%	0%	1.7m	203°	1.9m	1%	319°	7m/s	6.1m/s	1.1m	8s
18:00	5%	0%	0%	1.6m	205°	1.9m	5%	324°	7.5m/s	5.2m/s	1.1m	7.9s
19:00	2%	0%	0%	1.5m	207°	1.9m	2%	326°	8.9m/s	4.9m/s	1.1m	7.8s
20:00 ☾	5%	0%	0%	1.4m	241°	2m	5%	327°	10m/s	4.4m/s	1.3m	7.7s
21:00 ☾	5%	0%	0%	1.3m	275°	2.1m	5%	333°	11m/s	4.3m/s	1.5m	7.6s
22:00 ☾	3%	0%	0%	1.3m	309°	2.2m	3%	335°	8.8m/s	4.4m/s	1.6m	7.5s
23:00 ☾	4%	0%	0%	1.2m	322°	2.2m	4%	341°	8.6m/s	4.6m/s	1.8m	7.5s
Thu, Sep 10 Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 19:50
24:00 ☾	6%	0%	0%	1.1m	335°	2.3m	6%	342°	8.4m/s	4.5m/s	1.9m	7.5s
01:00 ☾	30%	0%	0%	1.1m	348°	2.3m	30%	350°	7.9m/s	4.5m/s	2m	7.6s
02:00 ☾	69%	0%	0%	0.95m	237°	2.7m	69%	354°	6.5m/s	3.9m/s	2.4m	7.7s
03:00 ☾	66%	0%	0%	0.84m	126°	3.1m	66%	353°	5.7m/s	3.5m/s	2.9m	7.9s
04:00 ☾	7%	0%	0%	0.72m	15°	3.5m	7%	355°	5.3m/s	3.4m/s	3.3m	8.1s
05:00 ☾	5%	0%	0%	0.71m	17°	3.3m	5%	357°	4.6m/s	3.2m/s	3.2m	8.3s
06:00 ☾	8%	0%	0%	0.71m	20°	3.2m	8%	353°	4.5m/s	3.1m/s	3m	8.4s
07:00 ☾	72%	0%	0%	0.7m	22°	3.1m	72%	357°	4m/s	3.1m/s	2.9m	8.6s
08:00	50%	0%	0%	0.73m	24°	3.2m	50%	324°	4.2m/s	3.4m/s	3.1m	8.6s
09:00	28%	0%	0%	0.77m	25°	3.4m	28%	290°	4.3m/s	3.7m/s	3.3m	8.5s
10:00	6%	0%	0%	0.8m	26°	3.6m	6%	256°	4.5m/s	4.1m/s	3.5m	8.4s
11:00	5%	0%	0%	0.89m	31°	3.9m	5%	274°	6.2m/s	5.2m/s	3.8m	8.9s
12:00	5%	0%	0%	0.99m	35°	4.2m	5%	291°	7.9m/s	6.3m/s	4.1m	9.3s
13:00	4%	0%	0%	1.1m	39°	4.6m	4%	309°	9.6m/s	7.4m/s	4.4m	9.8s
14:00	4%	0%	0%	1.1m	40°	5.2m	4%	318°	8.3m/s	6.4m/s	5m	10s
15:00	5%	0%	0%	1.1m	41°	5.8m	5%	327°	7m/s	5.4m/s	5.7m	11s
16:00	5%	0%	0%	1.1m	42°	6.4m	5%	336°	5.7m/s	4.5m/s	6.3m	12s
17:00	5%	0%	0%	1m	43°	6.9m	5%	338°	4.8m/s	3.7m/s	6.8m	12s
18:00	5%	0%	0%	1m	45°	7.5m	5%	340°	3.9m/s	3m/s	7.4m	13s
19:00	5%	0%	0%	1m	47°	8m	5%	342°	2.9m/s	2.3m/s	8m	13s
20:00 ☾	3%	0%	0%	1m	47°	8m	3%	347°	3.7m/s	2.8m/s	7.9m	13s
21:00 ☾	2%	0%	0%	1m	48°	7.9m	2%	351°	4.5m/s	3.3m/s	7.9m	13s
22:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1m	48°	7.9m	0%	355°	5.3m/s	3.8m/s	7.8m	13s

How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

How this forecast is made

Opportunities are threshold-based signals: PhotoWeather checks whether forecast conditions match the rules for a photography scenario. They are planning guidance, not guarantees. Forecasts can change as new model runs arrive, and confidence generally decreases farther into the forecast horizon, so recheck conditions before travelling.

The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.

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Forecast generated

Sep 7, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC

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